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AWS Cloud Control Terraform Provider Enables Quicker Access to AWS Features
HashiCorp has moved the AWS Cloud Control (AWSCC) provider to general availability. The AWSCC provider is automatically generated based on the Cloud Control API published by AWS, implying that new AWS features can be supported in Terraform upon their release.
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Azure API Center Now Generally Available
Microsoft has announced Azure API Center's general availability (GA), which offers centralized API inventory for easy API discovery, reuse, and governance regardless of API type, lifecycle stage, or deployment location.
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API Access with Amazon Verified Permissions and Amazon Cognito
AWS recently announced that Amazon API Gateway requests can now be authorized with Amazon Verified Permissions. With this feature, HTTP requests containing tokens issued by Amazon Cognito can be used to perform authorization decisions against API resources.
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Gemini Code Assist to Create APIs, Integrations, and Automation Flows in Public Preview
At the Cloud Next Conference, Google unveiled its enterprise-focused AI Code completion and assistance tool, Gemini Code Assist, which is available in public preview for Apigee API Management and Application Integration.
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Production Comes First - an Outside-In Approach to Building Microservices by Martin Thwaites
Martin Thwaites, an observability evangelist, developer, and developer advocate at honeycomb.io, presented on Production Comes First - an Outside-In Approach to Building Microservices. The session was part of the "Connecting Systems: APIs, Protocols, Observability" track.
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TLS 1.3 Preview Now Available in Azure API Management
Azure API Management is set to introduce TLS 1.3 support in its V1 and V2 tiers starting in the initial week of February 2024. According to Microsoft, the rollout will occur progressively across regions. Inbound traffic for both V1 and V2 tiers will inherently support TLS 1.3 for incoming requests from API clients.
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Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API for Enhanced Resource Insight Gathering
Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API, which makes resource insight gathering more efficient by providing developers with the capability to retrieve the metric data for up to 50 resource IDs in the same subscription and region in a single batch API call, thus improving query throughput and reducing the risk of throttling.
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Cloudflare Releases 2024 API Security and Management Report
Cloudflare recently released its 2024 API Security and Management Report, providing insights, predictions, and recommendations for safeguarding APIs in the new year. The report analyses the growing risk of shadow APIs, the most common API errors, and global API usage across different industries.
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Uber’s Checkenv Detects Cross-Environment RPC Calls to Prevent Data Leakage
Uber introduces CheckEnv, a tool using graphs to detect and manage cross-environment RPC calls in microservices, enhancing system reliability and preventing unintended interactions.
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Griffin 2.0: Instacart Revamps Its Machine Learning Platform
Instacart created the next-generation platform based on experiences using the original Griffin machine-learning platform. The company wanted to improve user experience and help manage all ML workloads. The revamped platform leverages the latest developments in MLOps and introduces new capabilities for current and future applications.
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Why LinkedIn chose gRPC+Protobuf over REST+JSON: Q&A with Karthik Ramgopal and Min Chen
LinkedIn announced that it would be moving to gRPC with Protocol Buffers for the inter-service communication in its microservices platform, where previously an open-source Rest.li framework was used with JSON as a primary serialization format. InfoQ contacted Karthik Ramgopal and Min Chen to learn more about the decision and company motivations behind it.
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Principled API Design at the Heart of Canva’s Apps SDK
Canva created a new plugin framework to allow developers to create apps implementing custom functionality within its product. The team used iterative development and strongly emphasized API design principles to ensure the SDK supporting plugin development was developer-friendly, safe, and evolvable.
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Cohere Unveils Advanced Embedding Model Embed v3
Cohere has unveiled Embed v3, their most advanced embedding model designed to transform semantic search and generative AI.
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Tesla Introduces Official Developer APIs for Third-Party Integration
Tesla has recently unveiled its first API documentation to support the integration of third-party applications. While primarily designed for fleet management, these APIs have captured the interest of developers, who see it as a potential starting point for the development of an app ecosystem.
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Monzo Employs Targeted Traffic Shedding against Stampeding Herd Effect from the Mobile App
Monzo developed a solution for shedding traffic in case its platform comes under intense and unexpected load that could lead to an outage. Traffic spikes can be generated by the mobile app and triggered by push notifications or other bursts in user activity. The solution can reduce the read traffic by almost 50% with 90% overall accuracy without noticeable customer impact.